Wednesday, May 4, 2011

CMC Wild Plant School-Sign up Today!

WILD PLANT SCHOOL

This is a unique opportunity to meet others who share a love of Colorado’s florawhile gaining tools to identify plants your hikes.You will also receive resources to learn more on your own. Note: the field sessions are not typical CMC hikes. These sessions will exercise your brains more than your legs – each field class will be less than 2 miles round trip. Some days are less than one mile!

The classes will help you identify and understand the wildflowers, shrubs, and trees in three Colorado life zones through a variety of teaching methods. All evening lectures take place from 7-9 pm at the American Mountaineering Center, 710 10th Street, Golden, CO 80401.

The school consists of three courses.Each course will focus on the plants in a different life zone during a field day and an evening lecture. Approximately 30-40 plants will be featured per course, with opportunity to gain a depth of knowledge about interesting ecological relationships, human uses, family characteristics, and how to identify the species using key characteristics and a simple key.The evening lecturefor each life zone includes a preview of some of the plants you will see in the field as well as an introduction to basic botany vocabulary. You will have an opportunity to examine and dissect flower and leaf components, learn the basic arrangements.

TO REGISTER:

No refunds will be issued for cancellations unless requested at least 1 week prior to the first class. A 50% refund will be granted for cancellations requested more than seven days prior to the first class. If the CMC cancels the class for any reason, a full refund will be issued.

The CMC is housed within in the American Mountaineering Center, in downtown Golden.The American Mountaineering Center is the historic, former Golden Junior/Senior High School--a blond brick building on the NE corner of 10th St. and Washington Avenue, facing Parfet Park and kitty-corner from the Golden Visitor Center. Parking is available in the parking lot on the north side of the building off of 9th Street and Jackson.Please enter the AMC through the main entryway from the parking lot.

Directions from North Denver and Denver International Airport:

Go west on I-70.Take exit 265 onto highway 58 (W), to Golden.Exit at Washington Avenue. Left (S) onto Washington Ave.Left (E) on 9th street. Right (S) on Jackson Avenue. Right into the parking lot.

Chipotle Mexican Grill

Partner of the Month: Chipotle Mexican Grill

We are excited to announce that Chipotle Mexican Grill will be the official food sponsor of CMC's Backcountry Bash for the second year in a row! Chipotle has been an outstanding partner of the CMC by providing a taco bar for the Bash and hosting an in-store fundraiser last spring. Be sure to get your tickets to the 20th annual Backcountry Bash so you don't miss out on the delicious free taco bar provided by Chipotle. Next time you stop into a Chipotle restaurant, be sure to thank them for supporting the CMC!

Adventure Travel

Go on a Colorado Mountain Club Adventure Travel Trip

Colorado Mountain Club Adventure Travel Trips take members and guests to the world's incredible destinations - Yellowstone, the Grand Canyon, and Mount Ranier in the United States; the fabulous powder of British Columbia's Canadian Rockies; the spectacular heights of the Andes, the Alps, the Himalayas, Africa's Kilimanjaro and the Mexican Volcanoes; and Hawaii's, Australia's and New Zealand's exotic trails.